Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:44 am
Yeah, there was.....damage done. I don't know too much about this to have a strong opinion.
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Kubra wrote:Remember when terrorism meant well organised folks doing bank robberies, bombings, assassination, airplane hijacking, all that fun stuff?
Slopestyle wrote:Definitely be considered a terrorist group.
Peaceful protest is one thing, but wanton destruction quite another.
Bewaffnete Krafte wrote:this contibuted nothing
but when i first read it i thought it said "Should Black Lives Matter?"
and the answer is yes
Andsed wrote:Slopestyle wrote:Definitely be considered a terrorist group.
Peaceful protest is one thing, but wanton destruction quite another.
For fucks sake. Simple crime and destruction does not equal terrorism. Terrorism is an organized group planning out and committing attacks, not simple rioting by supporters of a social movement. There is a major fucking difference and classifying BLM as a terrorist group is not only incorrect, but can also be dangerous in it's implications.
Post War America wrote:Slopestyle wrote:Definitely be considered a terrorist group.
Peaceful protest is one thing, but wanton destruction quite another.
Peaceful protest was tried, and it was either ignored, or considered not respectful enough. Some engaging in said peaceful protest were labeled as traitors for "not supporting the troops". More active peaceful protests were also tried, and met with police violence. Eventually it becomes evident that more confrontational methods are required.
Also, if we're considering some smashed windows and beaten folks the makings of a terrorist organization, I'm pretty sure a health percentage of the population of men ages 18-40 would probably be terrorists.
Slopestyle wrote:Post War America wrote:
Peaceful protest was tried, and it was either ignored, or considered not respectful enough. Some engaging in said peaceful protest were labeled as traitors for "not supporting the troops". More active peaceful protests were also tried, and met with police violence. Eventually it becomes evident that more confrontational methods are required.
Also, if we're considering some smashed windows and beaten folks the makings of a terrorist organization, I'm pretty sure a health percentage of the population of men ages 18-40 would probably be terrorists.
And im sure that ruining other peoples businesses and causing a lot of damage is going to make people more sympathetic to wards them
Slopestyle wrote:Post War America wrote:
Peaceful protest was tried, and it was either ignored, or considered not respectful enough. Some engaging in said peaceful protest were labeled as traitors for "not supporting the troops". More active peaceful protests were also tried, and met with police violence. Eventually it becomes evident that more confrontational methods are required.
Also, if we're considering some smashed windows and beaten folks the makings of a terrorist organization, I'm pretty sure a health percentage of the population of men ages 18-40 would probably be terrorists.
And im sure that ruining other peoples businesses and causing a lot of damage is going to make people more sympathetic to wards them
La xinga wrote:Bewaffnete Krafte wrote:this contibuted nothing
but when i first read it i thought it said "Should Black Lives Matter?"
and the answer is yes
If that was the question, this thread would get deleted.Andsed wrote:For fucks sake. Simple crime and destruction does not equal terrorism. Terrorism is an organized group planning out and committing attacks, not simple rioting by supporters of a social movement. There is a major fucking difference and classifying BLM as a terrorist group is not only incorrect, but can also be dangerous in it's implications.
Wait.....
Does BLM advocate for violence?
Post War America wrote:Slopestyle wrote:
And im sure that ruining other peoples businesses and causing a lot of damage is going to make people more sympathetic to wards them
Unfortunately it is doubtful that after years of trying peaceful protest, they were going to win those people over anyway. Given the whole labeling one Colin Kaepernick and those doing the same extraordinarily peaceful and respectful protest traitors for lacking sufficient worship of the military, I can understand how the situation has escalated. Furthermore random acts of violence does not a terrorist group make.
Punished UMN wrote:This is a silly definition. Terrorism is only violence against civilians for the purpose of causing terror among the population.
La xinga wrote:Post War America wrote:
Unfortunately it is doubtful that after years of trying peaceful protest, they were going to win those people over anyway. Given the whole labeling one Colin Kaepernick and those doing the same extraordinarily peaceful and respectful protest traitors for lacking sufficient worship of the military, I can understand how the situation has escalated. Furthermore random acts of violence does not a terrorist group make.
That depends, does BLM ask people to do violence?
If yes, I'd consider it terrorism, or a gang.
If not, then they're speakers of the American dream.
La xinga wrote:Post War America wrote:
Unfortunately it is doubtful that after years of trying peaceful protest, they were going to win those people over anyway. Given the whole labeling one Colin Kaepernick and those doing the same extraordinarily peaceful and respectful protest traitors for lacking sufficient worship of the military, I can understand how the situation has escalated. Furthermore random acts of violence does not a terrorist group make.
That depends, does BLM ask people to do violence?
If yes, I'd consider it terrorism, or a gang.
If not, then they're speakers of the American dream.
Andsed wrote:La xinga wrote:If that was the question, this thread would get deleted.
Wait.....
Does BLM advocate for violence?
BLM is by and large a social movement. That means it is not really an organized entity. So it really cannot "advocate" for anything, because it is not a singular group. It is just an idea people broadly agree on. And because of that the movement is made up of by both radicals and moderates. Which is why it cannot be classified as terrorist group.
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized movement in the United States advocating for non-violent civil disobedience in protest against incidents of police brutality against African-American people.[2] An organization known simply as Black Lives Matter[a] exists as a decentralized network with about 16 chapters in the United States and Canada, while a larger Black Lives Matter movement exists consisting of various separate like-minded organizations such as Dream Defenders and Assata's Daughters. The broader movement and its related organizations typically advocate against police violence towards black people, as well as for various other policy changes considered to be related to black liberation.[7]
Slopestyle wrote:Post War America wrote:
Peaceful protest was tried, and it was either ignored, or considered not respectful enough. Some engaging in said peaceful protest were labeled as traitors for "not supporting the troops". More active peaceful protests were also tried, and met with police violence. Eventually it becomes evident that more confrontational methods are required.
Also, if we're considering some smashed windows and beaten folks the makings of a terrorist organization, I'm pretty sure a health percentage of the population of men ages 18-40 would probably be terrorists.
And im sure that ruining other peoples businesses and causing a lot of damage is going to make people more sympathetic to wards them
Servilis wrote:Slopestyle wrote:
And im sure that ruining other peoples businesses and causing a lot of damage is going to make people more sympathetic to wards them
The point of a Riot is not to earn sympathy, it is to enforce it.
Everytime they tried to get sympathy, they still got put down.
Even Peaceful Protestors are being treated the same as Rioters.
The Protestors/Rioters owe the Centrists and Apathetic no peace.
Servilis wrote:Servilis wrote:The point of a Riot is not to earn sympathy, it is to enforce it.
Everytime they tried to get sympathy, they still got put down.
Even Peaceful Protestors are being treated the same as Rioters.
The Protestors/Rioters owe the Centrists and Apathetic no peace.
I'd like to briefly mention that the Constitution allows Citizens to violently oppose their government if it refuses to grant them the pursuit of Freedom and Liberty.
Servilis wrote:Servilis wrote:The point of a Riot is not to earn sympathy, it is to enforce it.
Everytime they tried to get sympathy, they still got put down.
Even Peaceful Protestors are being treated the same as Rioters.
The Protestors/Rioters owe the Centrists and Apathetic no peace.
I'd like to briefly mention that the Constitution allows Citizens to violently oppose their government if it refuses to grant them the pursuit of Freedom and Liberty.
La xinga wrote:Bewaffnete Krafte wrote:this contibuted nothing
but when i first read it i thought it said "Should Black Lives Matter?"
and the answer is yes
If that was the question, this thread would get deleted.Andsed wrote:For fucks sake. Simple crime and destruction does not equal terrorism. Terrorism is an organized group planning out and committing attacks, not simple rioting by supporters of a social movement. There is a major fucking difference and classifying BLM as a terrorist group is not only incorrect, but can also be dangerous in it's implications.
Wait.....
Does BLM advocate for violence?
Rhein-Zollverein wrote:Yes, personally i believe the black lives matter IS by definition a terrorist organization.
The FBI definition : "the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives"
Black Lives Matter uses unlawful use of force and violence to intimidate the government, check.
Black Lives Matter uses unlawful use of force and violence to intimidate the US population to either force them into believing their "cause", check.
So yes, it is a terrorist organization by definition.
Let's look at Europe however, the Black Lives Matter movement removes historical statues to deliver as much destruction as possible to the governments.
In 2016, ISIL destroyed the Minaret of Anah located in Al Anbar Province, which dates back to the Abbasid era. The minaret was only rebuilt in 2013 after the destruction by an unknown perpetrator in 2006. In 2017, ISIL destroyed the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its leaning minaret.
Does it look similar? Guessed so.